THOREAU SOCIETY INC – Thoreau Society and Thoreau Farm Auction 2014
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"The Correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau: Volume 1: 1834 - 1848" - Just Published!

Item Number
517
Estimated Value
99 USD
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Item Description

This is the inaugural volume in the first full-scale scholarly edition of Thoreau's correspondence in more than half a century. When completed, the edition's three volumes will include every extant letter written or received by Thoreau--in all, almost 650 letters, roughly 150 more than in any previous edition, including dozens that have never before been published.

Correspondence 1 contains 163 letters, ninety-six written by Thoreau and sixty-seven to him. Twenty-five are collected here for the first time; of those, fourteen have never before been published. These letters provide an intimate view of Thoreau's path from college student to published author. Following every letter, annotations identify correspondents, individuals mentioned, and books quoted, cited, or alluded to, and describe events to which the letters refer. 

Just published by Princeton University Press this past fall. 544 pages. A must have for the serious Thoreauvian!!

Item Special Note

For more information on the book:

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10121.html

Donated By:

Elizabeth Witherell